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01.04.2024 / 23:15

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Emergency services called to River Irwell following reports of a 'man in the water'

Emergency services descended on the River Irwell on Monday evening (April 1) following reports of a man in the water.

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11.03.2022 / 20:51

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Mental health service failings possibly contributed to dad killing his baby son, coroner says

A coroner has delivered a damning condemnation of the mental health treatment of a psychotic man in the months before he threw his 11-month-old son into a river and to his death.

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27.11.2020 / 01:05

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Dad who threw his baby boy into River Irwell went to A&E six times in weeks before tragedy to 'seek help as mental health spiralled', trial hears

Radcliffe last year.Zakari William Bennett-Eko was just 11-months-old when his body was pulled from the water on September 11, 2019.A trial previously heard that Bennett-Eko suffers from paranoid schizophrenia and that he 'believed that his son was the devil and that he was being told to drown him' at the time of the fatal incident.The 23-year-old dad had stopped taking his psychosis medication, causing his mental health to deteriorate, the court was told.Prosecutors allege that Bennett-Eko is guilty of manslaughter by diminished responsibility, with the defence case that he is not guilty by reason of insanity.Today, the jury were told by defence barrister, Peter Wright, that Bennett-Eko, of River Street in Radcliffe, had tried to seek help

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18.06.2020 / 19:27

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'Until we meet again': Hundreds gather in pouring rain to say a final goodbye to Adam Kay, tragic teen who died in River Irwell

found out he would not be coming home.On a scorching hot afternoon on June 2 he and his friends had decided to jump into the the River Irwell in Clifton Country Park, Salford, to cool off.

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29.05.2020 / 19:27

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Outrage after person caught jumping into River Irwell in video

Salford City Council have issued a stark warning after shocking footage showing a person jumping from a bridge into the River Irwell was circulated on social media.

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27.04.2020 / 18:47

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Calls to refuse plans for homes at former paper mill amid flooding concerns

Flooding fears have been voiced over the prospective redevelopment of a former paper mill.

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06.04.2020 / 09:25

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Two young men ignore coronavirus lockdown and leap into River Irwell from bridge

This was the moment two young men ignored the coronavirus lockdown and leapt into the River Irwell in Manchester city centre.

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26.03.2020 / 16:21

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Manchester man takes social distancing to the extreme - by floating on the River Irwell

The UK's coronavirus lockdown has begun, meaning stricter-than-ever social distancing rules are now in place.

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